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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
2
Train No4 from Independence to Delian leaves 6:00 am daily with Monmouth at 6:15 am arriving 6:40 am. No68 departs 10:50 am to Dallas arriving 11:30 am. No70 leaves 6:15 pm to Dallas arriving 6:55 pm. Other routes include Airlie connections via trains 61 7:00 am and 7:15 am arriving Airlie 7:50 am.
Time card notes two Independence departures for train connections. Morning trip leaves Independence at 7:30 a.m. to reach the McNary crossing for the eastbound train. Evening trip departs at 3:30 p.m. with return at 4:49. Fare is 50 cents per trip.
A rapid fire summary lists San Francisco's growing pugilistic colony, a Nebraskan dropping from $5 to under $100000, a 15000 man Bible parade in San Francisco, S Renson selling timber to Penson Timber for 2100000, and Chicago banking expansion with 265 million capital. It covers a Senate resolution for direct election, Jock Johnson at coronation, and proposed taxes for Portland Rose Festival. Also notes a $150000 diplomat fee probe, large London crowds during coronation week, protests against federal employees, a daguerreotype mishap in Portland Oaks, a historic cherry tree loss in Caldwell, 150 dead in Mexican earthquake, Arizona forest fires, Marjorie Mahr’s Mexico ranch gift, Mexico indemnity claim over Torreon, Roseburg fire department resignation over council remarks.
The list shows commodity prices across grains, feeds, meats, fruits, vegetables, and fibers. Notable figures include millet and bran prices, corn around $29 to $30 per ton, oats up to $28.50, and Oregon strawberries at 1.75 to 2.50 per crate.
Mexico City's quake toll stands at 63 dead and 75 injured with vast property losses estimated. most casualties are soldiers in the vicinity near the Mexican Central station and artillery barracks. several fatalities at the street railway power plant and debris from collapsed rails mark the disaster.
Film makers in London announce fuller and better photographic records of the coronation than ever attempted in Britain. They will use swift steamers and trains to dispatch pictures to New York and Chicago, with impressions of early scenes on coronation day given to about six operators.
In Astoria Jens Nelson a gillnetter retrieved two handaxes and a buggy spring from the cargo of the 1879 Great Republic wreck near Sand Island. Tides are also uncovering the Delharrie, sunk off Sand Island while bound for sea on March 10, 1880.
El Paso reports 34 Chinese detained awaiting six more from Del Rio within days. Once complete the group will be sent to San Francisco for deportation. Over 300 Chinese from interior Mexican towns have reached Juarez in the last two days, complicating border inspections.
Chinese government seeks 12 million pesos in compensation after 303 Chinese subjects were killed in Torreon. A cruiser is en route to Mexican west coast points to back the demand. Investigators report 303 deaths, a bank and club house burned, and 59 businesses sacked.
William Burger, a veteran prospector, was located dead more than six miles from his camp near Carriso Creek after a two week desert disappearance. He had long sought a mica ledge first found as part of a surveying crew. Burger left his partner Thomas Stratton at camp before attempting to cross a distant ridge.
Victoria reports the Japanese Deep Sea Fishing Company owner of the 67 ton sealing schooner Tenyo Maru seeks compensation from the United States after a 1909 seizure off the Alaskan coast. The company petitions Marquis Komura, Japan's foreign minister, denouncing the U.S. action as unlawful and demanding redress.
At the Claremont Central mission festival Mr Parsons, a workingman, described sad scenes from the Clare Mount Crusaders midnight work among Embankment outcasts over five years. He recalled men walking asleep and even running into trees, and seen sleeping on seats covered with snow.
Leaders of about 6000 striking garment workers agreed to a truce following a spectator’s killing by a union picket and recent riots. Sunday gatherings were cancelled, workers were urged to avoid factory districts, and invited to spend the day with families in the parks.
The First National Bank of Salmon Idaho has been closed by its director. The institution reports capital of 50000 dollars and a surplus of 15000 dollars.
The Tokyo Yomiuri reports China will resist Russian demands despite some concessions. Russia plans troop moves to Ili and a compulsory training order for residents in the Maritime Provinces, while Chinese officials warn of a potential escalation and urge readiness.
Juan Sanchez Azcona announced that within 15 days a general conference of delegates from the revolutionary party will be convened in Mexico City to nominate candidates for president and vice president. He said Madero would unquestionably be nominated and that Azcona likely would resign soon to organize the convention.
A market offers a brief credo on prudent margins and sourcing only whole beasts while promising customers the full benefit of each animal and maintaining strict cleanliness throughout every department.
President Homer Folks of New York formally opened the eighth annual national conference of charities and corrections in Boston. Folks warned that excessive taxation and overregulation could derail social goals but urged continuing "full speed ahead" for social betterment.
The Times reports John D. Rockefeller and John W. Gates, owners of two large oil concerns, plan a fierce rate war with an opening salvo in Denver. Gates’s Texas Oil Company has invaded Denver territory three weeks earlier, triggering the planned conflict.
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